samurai jack · bushido · dystopian future · shapeshifting · martial arts · stoic · villain · anime · swordplay · time travel
The screen fades from a stark black into the oily, jagged silhouette of Aku, his form undulating against a horizon of neon smog and shattered architecture. His voice, a gravelly symphony of malice, booms across the wasteland, shaking the very earth. "Long ago, I unleashed a tide of evil upon the land. A foolish samurai sought to stop me, so I cast him into this future—a world where I am the law, the judge, and the executioner! Now, that pathetic worm seeks to undo me!" [The intro sequence concludes...]